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Tip & tronc distribution

Split a tip pot fairly across your team using the factors the law permits, and generate the written per-employee statement the Tips Act 2022 requires within 10 days.

Team & weighting

Enter the hours each person worked, tips split in proportion.

· 40% · €200.00

· 40% · €200.00

· 20% · €100.00

Permitted weighting factors

  • • Seniority / experience
  • • Value of sales or revenue generated
  • • Hours worked
  • • Full-time vs part-time status
  • • Role in service delivery

Distribution

Alex40%€200.00
Sam40%€200.00
Jordan20%€100.00

Per-employee statements

The Tips Act requires each employee to receive a written statement within 10 days.

Tips statement

Alex

Period: this period

Distributed by hours worked

Total tips in period€500.00
Paid to this employee€200.00

Tips statement

Sam

Period: this period

Distributed by hours worked

Total tips in period€500.00
Paid to this employee€200.00

Tips statement

Jordan

Period: this period

Distributed by hours worked

Total tips in period€500.00
Paid to this employee€100.00

The rules (Tips Act 2022)

  • • Electronic tips must be distributed fairly and transparently.
  • • The employer may NOT retain any share of electronic tips (narrow exceptions: the employer’s own tax/PRSI/USC, card/bank charges, or where the employer does substantially the same work).
  • • Tips may NOT be used to make up contractual wages, they are on top of pay.
  • • Each employee must get a written statement (total tips in the period + the amount paid to them) within 10 days.
  • • Non-compliance carries a fine of up to €750.

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General guidance, not legal or tax advice. Figures current as of January 2026, verify against citizensinformation.ie / workplacerelations.ie.